NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading higher in Tuesday's session with their sectoral index trading up.

Shares of Cadila Healthcare (up 3.98 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 3.89 per cent) , Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 3.84 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 3.38 per cent) , Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 2.78 per cent) , Lupin (up 2.62 per cent) , Cipla (up 1.86 per cent) , Biocon (up 1.21 per cent) , Divis Laboratories (up 1.12 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories (up 0.82 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 2.76 per cent up at 10213.15 around 11:54AM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 113.85 points at 10281.3, while the BSE Sensex was up 399.92 points at 34770.5.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 were trading in the green, while 11 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, RBL Bank Ltd., SBI, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, IDFC First Bank Ltd., PNB, Bank of Baroda and Federal Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.